VPR Presents Amartya Sen

05/13/10 12:00PM

Economics and philosophy professor Amartya Sen says this year’s college graduates are entering a difficult economy. Recently he spoke to graduates of St. Michael’s College about the expansion of the global economy over the last several years, the influence of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations in our understanding of capitalism, the government’s efforts to stop the recent economic crisis, the value of a college education.